Entergy officials say they are working on providing the public with estimated power restoration times. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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A lack of gasoline and many stations without electricity to power pumps are hampering recovery efforts in southeast Louisiana. Brooke Thorington has more from Governor Edwards
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Entergy officials plan to complete their damage assessments today, which will allow them to give customers an estimated restoration time. Entergy Louisiana President Phillip May says thousands of customers should have electricity back soon
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May says they are starting to make progress in restoring power to coastal parishes that did not receive the brunt of the storm…
May says returning power to critical infrastructure is a priority and that includes hotels because they have 25-thousand linemen helping to get the lights back on…
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The lack of fuel for cars and generators continues to plague the Bayou State amidst recovery from Hurricane Ida. Governor John Bel Edwards says as many as eight refineries were down in Louisiana earlier this week, only adding insult to injury.
Edwards says the state did get a break in the form of a waiver from the IRS to use red dye, or off-road diesel, in the parishes of southeast Louisiana for 15 days.
The Governor says he’s been in discussions with the White House to have fuel sent as soon as possible to the state to ease gas lines and assist emergency responders.
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Edwards points out the irony that two-thirds of the state’s refinery capacity is down…
Edwards says the President has the ability to ask the Department of Energy along with other Federal agencies, and those in the private sector, to send fuel to Louisiana.
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A 57-year-old Keithville man, Clemon Hanson, Sr., is being held on 900-thousand dollars bond on an array of child sex charges. Caddo Parish sheriff’s office spokesperson, Cindy Chadwick, says the crimes date back for decades.
Chadwick says Detective Chris Ardoin says Hanson may have committed similar crimes against other victims and in parishes other than Caddo.
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Chadwick says it wasn’t until this past July when a complaint alleged that Hanson forced a juvenile to watch pornography.
The charges against Hanson include the aggravated rape of a 12-year-old when he was 19.
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President Joe Biden provided an update today on how the federal government is helping Louisiana recover from Hurricane Ida. The president, who will tour the devastation tomorrow, says his administration is working on increasing the supply of gasoline
Mr. Biden says to help utility companies assess the damage from the storm in order to restore the power, the F-A-A has authorized the use of surveillance drones and the Pentagon will provide satellite imagery…
The President has also heard some insurance companies may deny coverage for additional living assistance expenses unless the homeowner was under a mandatory evacuation. Biden is asking insurance providers not to use technicalities to duck their responsibilities